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Latvia`s parliament, Saeima, on November 10 voted down an initiative that could have allowed Latvian citizens to lawfully be enlisted in the Ukrainian army. The motion was put forth by lawmakers of Latvia`s National Union Edvins Snore and Janis Dombrava, who submitted corresponding proposals for second reading of amendments to the National...

Russian militants were most active in the Mariupol sector. The enemy fired from small arms, grenade launchers, infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 82mm and 120mm mortars near the towns of Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, and the villages of Pavlopil, Novotroyitske, Shyrokyne, Vodiane, Bohdanivka and Hnutove. Active hostilities continued in Luhanske...

Eliot Higgins, the founder of the Bellingcat investigative group, says that it is the commander of the Russian military who is responsible for sending military equipment into Ukraine, including the Buk surface-to-air missile system that downed flight MH17 in Donbas in July 2014. ”Ultimately, the responsibility for sending military equipment into...

The State Department said Wednesday the U.S. stance regarding sanctions against Russia will not change following the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, Anadolu reports. ”Our stance was they have been and will certainly remain throughout this administration,” agency spokesman Mark Toner said during a press briefing, according to Anadolu....

Despite the ban, airports across Europe allow landing to aircraft that also fly to the Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine Today reports. The planes that serve regular flights to Simferopil in Russian-occupied Crimea, also conduct transportations to Norway, Italy, German, Denmark, Greece, Austria and other EU countries, according to the...

Donald Trump became the winner of the U.S. presidential election, beating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Ukrainian experts and politicians have already reacted to Donald Trump`s surprising victory. Deputy head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine Dmytro Shymkiv said that Ukraine would cooperate with Donald Trump. ”We will work with...

U.S. billionaire Donald Trump, whom the Americans just chose their 45th president have mentioned Ukraine and Crimea on numerous occasions – both during his campaign and before. This is the most important quotes of the new President-elect on this issue. February 28 2014, when Vladimir Putin`s ”little green men” were seizing Crimea, Trump tweeted:...

Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 54 times in the past 24 hours, including 32 in the Mariupol sector, 16 barrages in the Luhansk sector, and eight in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...

Ukraine will cooperate with Donald Trump, Deputy head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Secretary of the National Reform Council Dmytro Shymkiv said on 112 Ukraine TV Channel as news from the United States presidential election were coming in. According to him, there is a need to increase pro-Ukrainian coalition around the world. ”The...

Ukraine`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko during the Third Committee of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly submitted to the delegates the draft resolution ”Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol,” according to the UN News Center. ”I have the honor to submit the...